A salute, please,
to Eric Peterson,
Headmaster at St. George’s near Newport,
who bravely notified his students
and school’s alumni and,
well, the world
of the sexual abuse going on
during previous administrations.

At potential risk to his institution
and himself
he educated all relevant parties
of the horrendous acts
committed upon innocent victims
decades before
by students and staff
long since paid off or dead.

Peterson would not listen
to the special interests
not the boarding school’s lawyers or trustees
who wanted to hush up
these tragic events.
Peterson stormed injustice
and informed everybody
a mere twelve years after he learned of it.

He fought the fight
and saved the children
from offenses forty years old.
Hail to thee, Eric Peterson,
you done good.
May the rest of your service be as exemplary.